2008 Founders
John White, Project Challenge - www.projectchallengelbny.org
Joysetta & Julius Pearse, Nassau County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee - www.ncmlk.org
Robert Alvey, Garden City Bird Sanctuary - www.gcbirdsanctuary.org
Sybil Meisel, PAWS- Pioneers for Animal Welfare - www.paws-li.org
Lillian Julien, COPE- Connecting Our Paths Eternally - www.copefoundation.org
Lorraine Pace, Breast Cancer Help, Inc. (Healthy Environment for a Living Planet) - www.breastcancerhelpinc.org
Kenneth Batchelor, Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk - www.habitatsuffolk.org
Ann & Phil Gribbins, Floral Park Conservation Society Giving Garden - www.fpgardens.org
Leonard Sandel, FOSSI- Friends of Senior Services, Inc.
Nina Eaton, United Cerebral Palsy of Suffolk - www.ucp-suffolk.org
Lifetime Achievement Award 2008
William Tyree, SCO Family of Services - www.sco.org
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2007 Founders
James Boisi, Mentoring Partnership of Long Island – www.mentorkids.org
Fred Breithut, School-Business Partnerships of Long Island – www.sbpli-lifirst.org
Tim Jaccard, AMT Children of Hope Foundation – www.amtchildrenofhope.com
Anna Hunninghouse, Little Shelter Animal Rescue & Adoption Center – www.littleshelter.com
Rhoda Finer, InterAgency Council of Glen Cove – www.iacglencove.org
Robert Donno, Gift of Life – www.giftoflifeinc.com
R. Brinkley Smithers, Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence – www.licadd.org
Sister Aimée Koonmen, Bethany House of Nassau, NY – www.bethanyhouseny.com
Aimée Z. Holtzman, rock CAN roll, Inc. – www.rockCANroll.org
John J. (Jack) Flatley, Long Island State Veterans Home – www.listateveteranshome.org
Judith S. Bloch, Variety Child Learning Center – www.vclc.org
2007 Lifetime Achievement
James Reed
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2006 Founders
Cindy Pierce Lee & Marjorie Chaplin, Child Abuse Preventions Services – www.capsli.org
Dr. Hiao-Tsiun Ma, The Children's Orchestra Society – www.childrensorch.org
Mr. & Mrs. Henry P. Davison, American Red Cross, Nassau County Chapter – www.nassauredcross.org
Janine Dion, Pet Peeves Inc. – www.petpeevesinc.org
Luke Smith, Society of St. Vincent de Paul – www.svdprvc.org
Marion Terry, African-American Health Education and Development Fund – www.AHEADfoundation.org
Thomas Roberts III, Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society – www.fireislandlighthouse.com
Patricia Shea, Momma's House – www.mommashouse.org
Dr. Davis Pollack, Clubhouse of Suffolk – www.clubhouseofsuffolk.org
Betty Schlein, Suzy Sonenberg & Barbara Strongin, Long Island Fund for Women and Girls – www.lifwg.org
Lisa Gatti, Pal-O-Mine Equestrian – www.pal-o-mine.org
2006 Lifetime Achievement
Sol Goldstein, Rebuilding Together Long Island – www.rebuildingtogetherlongisland.org
Diana O'Neill, Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame, Honorary Inductee
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2005 Founders
Dr. Carol Carter, Patti Kelly Barker & Tamara Pelosi, Sunshine Center – www.sunshinepreventionctr.org
Boris Chartan, The Holocaust Memorial & Educational Center of Nassau County – www.holocaust-nassau.org
Mother Anselma Ruth, Molloy College – www.molloy.edu
Sallie Ruppert, Volunteers for Wildlife – www.volunteersforwildlife.org
The Honorable Hope Zimmerman, Mothers' Center Hicksville, National Association of Mothers' Centers – www.motherscenter.org
Heather Buggee, Splashes of Hope – www.splashesofhope.org
Irving Berkowitz, Federation of Organizations – www.fedoforg.org
Syd Mandelbaum, Rock and Wrap it Up! – www.rockandwrapitup.org
Peter Barnett, Nassau Suffolk Coalition for the Homeless – www.nsch.org ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~
Marty Lyons, The Marty Lyons Foundations – www.martylyonsfoundation.org
Paul Arfin, The Community Programs Center for Long Island – www.earlydiscoveriescenter.com and www.dayhaven.org
Al Eskanazy, ASCENT: A School for Individuals with Autism – www.ascentschool.org
2005 Lifetime Achievement
Marc Blitstein, AHRC – Suffolk Chapter – www.ahrcsuffolk.org
Thomas Cruso, United Way of Long Island – www.unitedwayli.org
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2004 Founders
Jerry & Fern Hill, Timothy Hill Children's Ranch – www.timothyhillranch.org
Sharon Lippman, Art Without Walls, Inc. – www.artwithoutwalls.net
Delores Smalls, Association of Black Women in Higher Education – http://design.wishiewashie.com/abwhe/Website02/test01.html
David Kilmnick, Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth – www.ligaly.com
Geraldine Sheridan, Dress for Success, Brookhaven – http://www.dressforsuccess.org/affiliate.aspx?pageid=1&sisid=15
John Theissen, John Theissen Children's Foundation – www.jtcf.org
Cosco Williams, Wyandanch Homes & Property Development Corporation – www.whpdc.org ~~ AGENCY HISTORY~~
Lillian McCormick, Family & Children's Association/Port Washington Group Home – www.familyandchildrens.org
Anne Mead, Retired & Senior Volunteer Program in Suffolk County – www.rsvpsuffolk.org
Donald Mitzner, Adults & Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities, Inc. – www.acld.org
2004 Lifetime Achievement
Sheila Johnson Page, Newsday's Community Affairs - www.newsday.com
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2003 Founders
Jean Forman, Coalition on Child Abuse & Neglect – www.ccanli.org
Faye Raymon, Township Theatre Group – www.townshiptheatregroup.com ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~
Diana Freed, Education & Assistance Corporation, Inc. – www.eacinc.org
Rev. John Paul Hankins, Response of Suffolk County, Inc. – www.responsehotline.org
Nancy Manfredonia, Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference – www.ligreenbelt.org
Barbara Allan, Prison Families Anonymous/FEGS: Health & Human ServicesSystem – www.fegs.org
Beatrice Cohart, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center – www.northshorechildguidance.org
Sr. Mairead M. Barrett, New Ground, Inc. – www.newground.org
Harry Chapin, Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank – www.licares.org
Elizabeth Gere Byrnes, The Junior League of Long Island – www.jlli.org
Angela Koenig, Doubleday Babcock Senior Center, Inc. – www.dbsconline.org
Helen Kaplan, AHRC Nassau – www.ahrc.org
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2002 Founders
Gloria Wallick, Rosa Lee Young Childhood Center – www.rosaleeyoung.org ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~
Catherine Davison, Nassau County Museum of Art – www.nassaumuseum.com
Joan Imhof, Long Island Volunteer Center – www.longislandvolunteercenter.org
Beverly Merkinger, Dr. Sherry Radowitz & Arlene Siegelwaks, Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc.– www.cadvnc.org ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~
Paul Stoutenburgh, North Fork Environmental Council – www.nfec1.org ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~
Lyn Jurick, Ronald McDonald House of Long Island – www.rmhlongisland.org
Michael Moran & Patricia O’Connor, Interfaith Nutrition Network – www.the-inn.org
Linda Breitstone, Island Harvest, Ltd. – www.islandharvest.org
Janet Walsh, Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation – www.liaf.org
Dr. Caryl Bank & Dr. Barbara Feingold, The Hagedorn Little Village School – www.littlevillage.org
